I John 2:2 - hHMETERWN DE MONON

Mike Sangrey mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us
Fri Jul 16 09:56:17 EDT 1999


This is probably a Greek 101 question, so forgive me for its
simplicity.  (I hope this hasn't been asked a hundred times!)

In I John 2:2 we have

    KAI AUTOS hILASMOS ESTIN PERI TWN hAMARTIWN hHMWN, OU PERI TWN
hHMETERWN DE MONON ALLA KAI...

MONON, being an accusative, surprised me.  I would have thought it
should agree with hHMETERWN.  Does MONON modify the whole
prepositional phrase (PERI TWN hHMETERWN)?

Also, and I suspect this is related to the first question, what
function is DE performing?

Could MONON be adverbial, thus giving: "He is the expiation, the
only one existing..."?

Thanks for any help as PARAKOLOUQEW FRONOUNTA EN TNi hELLHNIKHi.

-- 
Mike Sangrey
mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us





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